SI.com: Tigers trrade "makes sense"

The Detroit Tigers trade of Pudge Rodriguez for Kyle Farnsworth got a lukewarm review from SI.com's John Donovan, who writes that the trade makes sense though he cautions the Tigers might miss the intangibles Pudge brings to the table.

July 31, SI.com: The Tigers, playing catch-up all season, talked a lot but made only one move: Trading their catcher, Pudge Rodriguez, to the Yankees for reliever Kyle Farnsworth. The trade made sense. The Tigers needed a reliever to set up Fernando Rodney. They can live with Brandon Inge at catcher. Rodriguez was soon to be a free agent.

But losing Pudge, a true professional, may hurt this team in some intangible ways. Certainly, the move won't propel the Tigers over the top. Only a much-improved bullpen -- Detroit's 4.26 bullpen ERA in the first half was better only than Cleveland and Texas -- is going to do that. And getting Farnsworth doesn't constitute getting much better.